Live Auction 3017European Noble and Private Collections
A Dutch-engraved political goblet
Lot 650

A Dutch-engraved political goblet

THE GLASS PROBABLY ENGLAND, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed13 December 2012

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EUR 3,250

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A Dutch-engraved political goblet
The glass probably England, late 18th Century
On wide facetted foot, with knopped baluster facetted stem, the funnel bowl engraved with a keeshond dog
17 cm. high

Specialist note

The keeshond was a symbol of the Patriots in the struggle between the Orangists and the Patriots during the last quarter of the 18th century, which ended in 1795 with the flight to England of Stadholder Prince William V (1748-1806) and the founding of the Batavian Republic.